Musical fish

Carp trained to respond to different types of music

source: New Scientist January 19 2002 p24

Three carp have been trained to respond to different types of music, and differentiate between Bach and John Lee Hooker. The research was carried out at the Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts, where researcher, Ava Chase, played the fish music, and rewarded them with food to respond to different types of music. The fish were also able to categorise music as either classical music or blues, even when played music they had not heard before, from different composers and musicians. This skill may reflect the needs of wild fish.FI,BT